Mishap at Trier (Germany) involving a Beech 18, thankfully without injuries.
By: J Boyle - 22nd October 2012 at 16:06
Hopefully someone will buy it as a project for rebuilding.
And the nice ex-IDF Do-27 that came to grief recently in the U.S….
By: Growler - 22nd October 2012 at 11:40
N223JW is on Courtesy’s website for sale, so presumably its current owner has not had it for too long. Lovely aeroplane.
http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/Current%20Inventory/N223JW%20Beech%20Model%20H-18.htm
By: Propstrike - 22nd October 2012 at 11:37
A tri-gear coversion.
”The crash-landing of an older sport aircraft on the airfield Föhrener on Saturday afternoon was mild for the four occupants. The machine was considerable damage to property. On landing, the right main landing gear buckled, causing the aircraft slid unceremoniously across the runway.
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The shock was certainly large, as the 55-year-old pilot of a twin-engine sport aircraft of type H 18 Beech remarked during a round-trip flight a warning indicator in the cockpit. It was indicated that something was amiss with the landing gear.
An aerial tour of the Tower, and also the view of a pilot from another airborne flier brought no evidence on the quality of the suspension. Then ventured the pilot to land on the runway of the airport in pines. When the plane touched down on Saturday shortly after 17 clock, buckled the right main landing gear.
While none of the four adult occupants was injured. On the machine, built in 1965, but was considerable damage to property. The first estimate of this is estimated at around € 100,000. “The damage is so great, because the replacement of spare parts is extremely expensive, as the machine is an older model already,” Uwe Leitzgen by police inspection Schweich explained on TV request. The 1200 meter long runway is already usable again.
The Federal Institute of Aircraft Accidents Investigation will review the machine yet. Previously could not be clarified why the landing gear was not locked and buckled on landing. “The machine was neither overweight nor were flight technical problems before,” says Leitzgen. “But there are from time to time such incidents when landing of private aircraft, which usually occur relatively unscathed,” he puts the accident at the weekend.”
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October 22, 2012 at 11:00 am